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Summary

Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs is a practical guide to and reference manual on teaching music to children with special learning needs. Thoroughly grounded in the latest research in music education, this book addresses special needs as a concept in the broadest possible sense, including physical disability, mental disability, and multiple disability, to equip teachers with practical, proven, research-based curricular strategies that are also grounded in both best practice and current special education law. A common thread throughout the book is the necessity of and advantage to a team-based approach, and the authors offer concrete, readily implementable tips for music teachers on approaching and learning to collaborate with special educators, teacher educators, and mainstream classroom teachers in all educational settings. Importantly, this book also includes extensive curriculum development ideas, lesson plans, and observation and fieldwork ideas. Throughout, the book argues that teaching children with special learning needs actually has much in common with teaching any other diverse group of students; best practice is to move away from a labels-focused approach with micro-tailored lesson plans to a more broadly conceived strategy that concentrates instead on larger pedagogical aims. Chapters address the full range of topics and issues which music educators face when teaching music to children with special needs, including parental involvement, student anxiety, field trips and performances, and assessment strategies. The book concludes with an up-to-date section of resources and technology information for music teachers. Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs is a critical resource for all in-service music teachers, music teacher educators, and students in music education.

Author Biography

Alice M. Hammel teaches at James Madison and Christopher Newport Universities, and has years of experience teaching instrumental and choral music. Ryan M. Hourigan is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Ball State University and a recipient of the Outstanding University Music Educator Award from the Indiana Music Educators Association.

Table of Contents

Foreword

p. xi

Preface

p. xxiii

The Current Landscape of the Special Education System in the United States

p. 1

Public School Education within a Democracy: An Equal Opportunity for All Students

p. 3

Unequal Opportunity

p. 4

Funding of Special Education: A Demographic Snapshot of Support

p. 9

Family Challenges and Children with Disabilities

p. 10

Teaching Music in the 21st Century: A Label-free Approach to Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs

p. 12

Cognition

p. 13

Communication

p. 15

Receptive and Expressive Language

p. 15

Language and Culture

p. 15

Behavioral or Emotional Challenges

p. 17

Sensory Challenges

p. 18

Physical and Medical Conditions

p. 18

Conclusion

p. 21

Discussion Questions

p. 21

The Current Structure of Special Education in Our Schools: A Brief History of Legislation and Litigation in the United States

p. 23

Keystone Legislation and Educating Students with Special Needs

p. 24

Public Law 94-142

p. 26

Legislative History on Behalf of Students Who Are Intellectually Gifted

p. 26

The Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act

p. 27

More Recent Legislation and Litigation Regarding Students with Special Needs

p. 27

The Americans with Disabilities Act

p. 30

The Six Principles of IDEA: Implications for Music Educators

p. 32

Zero Reject

p. 32

Nondiscriminatory Evaluation

p. 33

Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE)

p. 33

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

p. 34

Procedural Due Process and Parent Involvement

p. 35

The Effect of No Child Left Behind on Special Education

p. 35

Race to the Top (RTTT)

p. 36

Responsiveness to Intervention

p. 36

Applications and Considerations for Music Educators

p. 38

Discussion Questions

p. 39

Preparing to Teach Music to Students with Special Needs

p. 43

Preparing to Teach: Fieldwork and Engagement Opportunities in Special Education for Pre-service and In-service Music Teachers